Tech lab

10 Reasons to Love Engineering

• TechQuest - based on WebQuest * [[|webquest template]] * TechQuest template * TechQuest module

• April 2016 * paper airplanes - arrow, dart, delta, condor - instructions + folding sheet

activities - stations - 40 minutes

• MOAS
• AlkaSeltzer rockets - NASA (qr)
• NASA - Engineering is Everywhere (video 1:01)

• swe@erau - clay boat, catapult, spaghetti tower, egg drop, glow slime
• marble roller coaster, penny bridge/boat, foam plate glider
• women in engineering - industries, disciplines - explore / research / report / present - meet / interview ? Harvey Mudd, Olin, SWE, FIT marine. biomedical ? UCF. FSU, UF
• MOAS discovery exhibits

xEngTech - notes, ideas, resources for middle school course fall 2016

notes, ideas, resources for middle school course fall 2016

Why should children learn about engineering? - Our goal is to not only make children aware of the engineering profession and its impact on their lives, but also to help them understand other subjects more deeply through engineering. Our hope is to create a learning environment that engages all children and helps them to see themselves as the engineers who will be designing the future.

10 Reasons to Love Engineering - infographic


Exploration of Engineering Technology - 8th grade class for 2016-2017 - official course outline

• projects - PBL, inquiry
• Grand Challenges for Engineering * Grand Challenge - The National Academy of Engineering - Health Security Sustainability Joy of Living * Great Achievement
• engineering design process * Ask, Imagine, ... design form
• collaboration, groups

• Intro to Engineering Videos * NASA - Engineering is Everywhere (video 1:01)

• Introduction to Engineering * Engineering courses * What is engineering? * Is engineering for me? * Working in Engineering * Engineering Education * Engineering foundation * Celebrate Engineering
• simple machines * amazing materials
• spatial thinking * Engineering thinking
• benefiting society - women in engineering, interesting, video * Engineering for humanity

• Teaching K-12 engineering
• Engineering videos
• give students choice in their learning path and implement inquiry-based learning - assessing this project - grade the process, not the final product or presentation. G.R.I.T. Rubric assesses students on their Guts, Resiliency, Integrity, and Tenacity throughout the project.

• MatLab - intro, free textbook
• Engineering: An Introduction for High School - free online textbook - Engineers contribute to the development of many innovations that improve life. We investigate how engineers work to meet human needs and great engineering accomplishments of the past. We also consider needs that engineering must meet in the future.